Iran Hits Back at Trump’s Threat of a ‘Crushing’ Economic ‘D-Day’ Campaign
The NPT, also known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is an international agreement aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.
The Islamic Republic of Iran signed the treaty in 1968 and ratified it in 1970, committing as a non-nuclear-weapon state not to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons.
Trump has repeatedly cited preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon as a justification for U.S. military action
“They have to get rid of it completely. They have to get rid of nuclear weapons. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump repeated Wednesday during the unveiling of the new White House helipad.
Where U.S.-Iran negotiations stand
Trump’s renewed economic threats come as negotiations between Washington and Tehran appear to have stalled amid disagreements over the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed by both countries on June 17.
The document outlined commitments aimed at ensuring the full, toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and established a 60-day cease-fire intended to allow technical talks to take place, including over Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Before the war, roughly a fifth of the world’s global petroleum liquids consumptions passed through the waterway.
